Chapter 63 Chapter 63 It was before, but not now.

Ji Maili waved the chocolate that Chen Lu had given him in front of Ji Huan. Even though Ji Huan didn't want to eat it, he made her greedy. She stretched out her hand and said, "Give me one."

Ji Maili: "No, if you want to eat it, go buy it yourself."

Ji Huan kicked him and said, "You're so stingy! Don't ask me for pocket money next month."

Ji Maili said he wanted to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year, and finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep at three in the morning. On the morning of the first day of the new year, before he even woke up, he reached out to Liang Lin and Ji Huan to ask for red envelopes.

Ji Huan still remembered that he didn't give her chocolate last night, and Ji Maili begged for a long time before she got the red envelope from Ji Huan.

Shen Lu stayed here last night and received red envelopes from Liang Lin and Ji Huan as soon as he woke up in the morning.

Ji Maili perked up after receiving the red envelopes. He glanced at the money inside, which was two thousand yuan each. He said to Chen Lu, "I'll treat you!"

Liang Lin: "It's New Year's Day, why are you going to entertain people? Just stay home."

Chen Lu said to Ji Maili, "You stay home. I'll go look for my brother. He must be alone in the hotel during Chinese New Year."

Ji Maili hadn't seen Chen Duo for a long time. He said, "I'll go with you."

Ji Maili told Liang Lin that he and Chen Lu were going to look for Chen Duo together. Liang Lin asked, "Is your brother back? Why didn't you invite him to celebrate the New Year yesterday? Why don't you go and get him? What's the point of celebrating the New Year alone?"

Shen Lu said, "No, my brother's personality is even worse than mine, he won't come."

Ji Maili's impression of Shen Duo was from when he went to Shen Lu's house as a child. Shen Duo always read alone in his room. He was neither enthusiastic nor indifferent to people. He always looked at people with a faint look, as if he had seen through the world.

At that time, Ji Maili was always thankful that he had met Chen Lu. Otherwise, given how similar the two brothers were, Chen Lu would have been the second one to see through the mundane world.

Coming out of the house, Ji Maili asked Chen Lu: "Do you know which hotel your brother is staying in? Do you want to call him first to ask if he is there?"

Shen Lu said, "He must be here."

Ji Maili nodded: "That's right, your brother is a homebody."

When we arrived at the hotel, Shen Duo was there as expected.

When he opened the door and saw the two of them, Shen Duo was stunned for a moment, "Why are you here?"

Ji Maili smiled obediently, "Happy New Year, Brother Chen Duo."

"Who is it?"

Another person's voice came from the room. Ji Maili and Shen Lu looked inside and saw a man walking out. He stood behind Shen Duo, pressed the door panel with his hand, and opened the door as wide as possible.

There was nothing wrong with two men in a hotel in broad daylight, but they were both wearing the hotel's bathrobes, and there was an obvious and suspicious mark on Chen Duo's neck. Even the inexperienced Ji Maili thought something was wrong about this scene.

The man was taller and stronger than Shen Duo. He looked at Shen Lu and Ji Maili and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Shen Lu narrowed his eyes, his aura no less imposing than the man behind Shen Duo: "Who is he?"

Shen Duo sighed and pushed the man behind him away: "Xiao Xi." Then he turned around and said to Xiao Xi: "This is my brother and his friend."

Xiao Xi looked at Shen Duo and seemed to have some doubts about his simple introduction, but he did not ask in front of Shen Lu and Ji Maili.

Shen Duo moved sideways to make way for the door, "Come in."

Ji Maili had never thought of this situation before coming here, and he didn't know whether he should go in. He glanced at Chen Lu.

Shen Lu didn't show much surprise, but was a little curious about Xiao Xi. He looked at him twice more and then asked Shen Duo: "Your boyfriend?"

Ji Maili didn't expect Chen Lu to be so direct, and he could hardly hide his fear in his eyes.

Chen Duo sighed: "I guess so." He looked at Ji Maili who looked surprised and smiled: "After not seeing you for a few years, your expression is still so rich."

Ji Maili: “…” I didn’t want it to be rich, but I was so surprised.

Ji Maili thought to himself, since your brother is not spending the New Year alone, why don’t we not go in... Hey hey hey!

Ji Maili was dragged into the room by Shen Lu, Shen Duo followed in, and Xiao Xi closed the door.

Shen Lu first glanced at the bed in the bedroom, then looked at the opened box on the bedside table, and smiled speechlessly.

Shen Duo: “Funny?”

Shen Lu turned around: "Why didn't you tell me?"

Shen Duo's reaction to all this was still very indifferent: "What does a little brat know so much for?"

Shen Lu asked Xiao Xi, "How long have you been together?"

Xiao Xi picked up the cigarette on the table and said, "Ask your brother."

Shen Duo glared at him, Xiao Xi took the cigarette out of his mouth again and put it back: "I'm going to change clothes, and then we'll go out for dinner together."

There were four people in the room, but Ji Maili was the only one feeling awkward. He didn't understand how these three people could remain calm and composed in such a situation. They even wanted to eat. Wouldn't they get indigestion after eating?

Shen Duo looked at Ji Maili, "Happy New Year, Mai Mai."

Ji Maili's smile was stiff. "It's so cold during the New Year, Brother Duo. Well, we thought you were alone, so we came here."

Shen Duo: "It's okay."

Ji Maili looked at Chen Duo. Chen Duo had always been like this, gentle and kind. No matter how noisy he was, he would say it was okay. If you think about it carefully, it's not surprising that he had a boyfriend with his personality.

Ji Maili was just embarrassed to be caught red-handed by them.

Xiao Xi changed into a black sweater and suit pants and came out of the bedroom, looking much more serious than before.

Before dinner, Xiao Xi drove them to the hospital. Shen Duo was a frequent visitor to the hospital. After getting out of the car, Ji Maili pulled Shen Duo's sleeve and walked behind him, whispering, "Why do I feel that there is something strange between your brother and this Xiao Xi? Did they have a fight?"

Is this what couples are like?

Even if Chen Duo has a cold personality, he shouldn't be this cold.

After seeing Lin Shifei and Bian Yuan, he felt that they seemed to be incompatible. Chen Duo didn't show any intimacy at all, and he wouldn't even look at Xiao Xi when he was talking. On the contrary, Xiao Xi seemed to be very attentive to him.

Shen Duo had a routine physical examination and got some medicine prescribed. It was all routine and didn't require anyone to accompany him.

Xiao Xi lit a cigarette and asked, "You guys aren't adults yet, right?"

Ji Maili pointed at Chen Lu: "He will be an adult soon."

Xiao Xi nodded: "It's good, let's get along well. Others are like me and your brother."

Shen Lu: "You are not a couple."

Ji Maili thought that Chen Lu must have eaten something bad today. Why did he always ask so directly? Is it possible to ask such a thing directly? !

Xiao Xi didn't shy away from it. He took a puff of his cigarette and said, "It was before, but not now."

Ji Maili was stunned for a moment, "Then, then Brother Shen Duo just said that you are his boyfriend..."

Xiao Xi: "How about telling you that we met after breaking up? Will that affect the children's worldview?"

Ji Maili: “…” What you said now has a huge impact on my worldview.

Xiao Xi took them out for dinner, and when they were leaving, Xiao Xi said he wanted to see them off, but was rejected by Shen Lu.

In the taxi, Ji Maili burped, "I ate so much that I probably won't be able to digest it for several days."

Shen Lu smiled and asked, "Why are you so nervous?"

Ji Maili said, "How can I not be nervous? He's your brother. Why don't you ask him what's going on? Can we still be together after breaking up? How embarrassing."

Shen Lu was also quite surprised. It wasn't that he was surprised that Shen Duo also liked men, but he was surprised that he had a boyfriend before going abroad, and he didn't know: "He can handle it himself. My brother won't be deceived by others. It's possible that he will play tricks on others."

"Are you talking about Xiao Xi?" Ji Maili said, "I think that guy is quite smart and won't be fooled by your brother."

Chen Lu didn't care about Chen Duo's affairs, and it was not his turn to care. Chen Duo had been clear about how to deal with people since he was a child, unlike him, who kept going around in circles around the same person.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Lu took Ji Maili to Tao Dacheng's house to pay New Year's greetings to Grandpa Tao. Tao Dacheng looked down on him for a long time and said that Chen Lu was unfaithful for the sake of beauty.

Seeing that Ji Maili, who usually gets angry when hearing such words, was not angry this time, Tao Dacheng pointed at him and asked, "Why is he not angry?"

Chen Lu: "What's the matter? Are you upset even though he didn't scold you?"

Tao Dacheng: "No, you two wouldn't..."

Chen Lu: "Thank you for your kind words, but not yet."

In the afternoon, Lin Shifei called Chen Lu and asked him if he wanted to go to the hot springs together tomorrow and asked him to ask Ji Maili to join them.

When Tao Dacheng heard about it, he signed up immediately.

It was a two-day and one-night hot spring trip, and the car was just big enough for everyone to ride. Tao Sijie had been clamoring to go, but she had already made an appointment with her classmates to go out and play.

We set out at noon and arrived at the hot springs at night.

The open-air hot spring was surrounded by snow, a world of ice and fire. Tao Dacheng couldn't wait and said he wanted to soak for a while before eating.

The places to change clothes were all together. Ji Maili felt a little apprehensive about standing naked in front of Shen Lu. He took off half of his clothes and suddenly ran out, "I'm going to buy something to drink. You guys go in first."

Tao Dacheng felt strange. "If you want to order something, just tell the waiter. Why did he run out?"

Lin Shifei glanced at Chen Lu and smiled, "Confession?"

Shen Lu found it funny, "No."

Lin Shifei didn't believe it.

Shen Lu said: "He knew it, but it wasn't me who told him."

Lin Shifei was curious: "Is there a chance?"

Shen Lu smiled.

Bianyuan took a bath towel and wrapped up Lin Shifei, who was stripped down to his underwear, and said, "I knew there was a chance."

Tao Dacheng gave Bianyuan a thumbs-up and said, "Brother Yuan is still far-sighted."

When Ji Maili came back, he really brought a few drinks. He ran back to change his clothes and came out shivering in a bath towel. "Cold, cold, cold."

Ji Maili stepped into the pool, sat down next to Chen Lu, and closed his eyes: "Hoo~Comfortable~"

Tao Dacheng, the only one left alone among the five, sighed, "You are all in pairs, and I am the only one left alone. I am so pitiful."

Ji Maili turned around to grab the snow on the stone, his hand shook, and a lump of snow fell on Shen Lu.

Shen Lu shuddered, "What are you going to do?"

Ji Maili smiled apologetically and said, "I didn't mean it."

Ji Maili's ears were red, and it was hard to tell if it was from soaking in the hot water or for some other reason. Tao Dacheng deliberately asked, "Ji Maili, why didn't you scold me this time?"

Ji Maili glared at him, "Psycho?"

Tao Dacheng curled his lips and shook his head, "No, no, you didn't mean it at all when you scolded me this time. You were sincere when you called me a psychopath before, but this time, haha."

Ji Maili frowned: "What a joke!"

Ji Maili heard Tao Dacheng saying that they were in pairs, and he wanted to pretend not to hear it to fool him, but he was not done yet.